Not only are students, teachers, librarians, bloggers, and poets around the country highlighting the powerful legacy of verse, but WITS is providing 3 amazing ways you can get involved.

#1 Visit the Poet-trees at Buffalo Bayou

Poet-trees are back! WITS has partnered with artist Nicola Parente and the Buffalo Bayou Partnership to transform Houston trees into “poet-trees” at Eleanor Tinsley Park (near Allen Parkway). Visitors can write poems, quotes, and wishes on tags and hang them on the trees for others to read. You can also snap a pic of your poem on the tree and post it to social media using the hashtag #poettree.

Want to create your own poet-tree? Learn how to DIY a poet-tree over on our site!

#2 Get a Poem A Day in Your Inbox

Wish you had more poetry in your life? Sign up for our blog and you’ll receive a Poem A Day written by a talented WITS student each weekday for the entire month of April.

Be sure to check out H-E-B Montrose, San Felipe, Buffalo Speedway, and Bunker Hill throughout the month of April for delicious food-themed poems written by young WITS writers.

Plus – share your poems with us!

Write a poem, take a pic of your poem, and upload it to Instagram with the tag #witspics. We’ll “pick” our favorite “pics” and share them on our Instagram page for all to see. Whether you’ve always wanted to write a poem or you’ve dabbled in the past, we want to see what you’ve got!

Poem a Day is made possible in part by H-E-B, The City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, Copy.com, the Texas Commission on the Arts, Sunny 99.1, KPFT 90.1, and KTRU 96.1.